GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| unfrock | defrock |